- an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a castle, a large house, etc.（通常为城堡、大宅第等的）庭院，院子，天井
- the central/inner courtyard中心／内庭院
Extra Examples- Her bedroom overlooked the courtyard.从她的卧室可以俯视庭院。
- The courtyard is surrounded on three sides by stables.庭院的三面都是马厩。
- The hotel is built around a central courtyard.酒店围绕一个中央庭院而建。
- We sat in the inner courtyard of the college.我们坐在学院的内庭院里。
- We sat on a bench in the school courtyard.我们坐在校园里的长椅上。
- The entrance leads through an arch and into a cobbled inner courtyard.入口穿过一道拱门，通往铺着鹅卵石的内院。
- The windows on this side of the house look down onto a small courtyard.房屋这一侧的窗户向下俯瞰一个小庭院。
Topics Gardensc1, Buildingsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + courtyardpreposition- around a/the courtyard
- in a/the courtyard
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